You can use many Google Apps features offline, but only if you first set them up while you have internet access. Keep in mind that if you make edits while offline, collaborators will not see your edits and any edits collaborators who are online make will supersede your changes. Once you regain internet access, any offline edits will be synced. Follow the directions below for setting up and your so you're prepared. Mobile Devices The Google Drive App (for iPhone/iPad and Android) allows you to access (view, share, star, rename files also edit Google Documents) Google Drive files from your mobile device. And, if you make a file available when offline, you can access it even when your device isn't connected to WiFi or a network connection.

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You'll need to set up offline access while you still have internet access in the Google Drive app to be able to view a file offline and in Docs, Sheets, or Slides app to be able to edit it. Here's how: Set up Offline Access I. Google Drive App. Download (or update) the Google Drive App (for iPhone/iPad from, for Android devices from ). Sign in to the Google Drive App using your @stonybrook.edu email address as username and NetID password.

Tap on the to the right of the file you'd like to enable offline access for. Scroll to Available offline and tap the slider button so that it turns on (blue) II.